[tor-talk] Are 'StrictNodes 1' actually strict?

[mimble9 at danwin1210.me]

I don't want to come across as critical but ExitNodes with one node just
doesn't work.

Looking at the Tor Circuits, it starts with 'hands' but then moves on to
other exit nodes.

My torrc is simply:

ExitNodes hands

On Sun, February 2, 2020 10:57 pm, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 11:54:40PM -0000, mimble9 at danwin1210.me wrote:
>
>> That said, I have used the StrictNodes / ExitNodes combination many
>> times recently and it has worked.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>>
>> StrictNodes 1
>> ExitNodes {ro}
>>
>>
>> or:
>>
>>
>> StrictNodes 1
>> ExitNodes example_one
>> ExitNodes example_two
>>
>
> Yep. StrictNodes does nothing there, and ExitNodes by itself should do
> what you ask it to do.
>
>> So if I wanted to use a specific exitnode, how would my torrc look?
>>
>
> The same as above, but leaving out the StrictNodes line since it
> doesn't do anything.
>
> --Roger
>
>
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